﻿V 
  

  

  January 
  21, 
  1875. 
  

  

  Page 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Origin 
  and 
  Mechanism 
  of 
  Production 
  of 
  the 
  Prismatic 
  (or 
  Columnar) 
  

   Structure 
  of 
  Basalt. 
  By 
  Robert 
  Mallet, 
  F.R.S 
  180 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  Connective 
  Tissues. 
  By 
  G. 
  Thin, 
  M.D 
  184 
  

  

  January 
  28, 
  1875. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Theory 
  of 
  Ventilation 
  : 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  positive 
  basis 
  for 
  

   the 
  calculation 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  Fresh 
  Air 
  required 
  for 
  an 
  Inhabited 
  

   Air-space. 
  By 
  Surgeon-Major 
  F. 
  de 
  Chaumont, 
  M.D., 
  Assistant 
  Professor 
  

   of 
  Hygiene, 
  Army 
  Medical 
  School 
  187 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Atmospheric 
  Lines 
  of 
  the 
  Solar 
  Spectrum, 
  illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  Map 
  

   drawn 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  Scale 
  as 
  that 
  adopted 
  by 
  Kirchhoff. 
  By 
  J. 
  B. 
  N. 
  

   Hennessey, 
  F.R.A.S 
  201 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  Presents 
  203 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Alleged 
  Expansion 
  in 
  Volume 
  of 
  various 
  Substances 
  in 
  passing 
  by 
  

   Refrigeration 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Liquid 
  Fusion 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Solidification. 
  

   By 
  Robert 
  Mallet, 
  F.R.S. 
  &c 
  209 
  

  

  No. 
  159.— 
  February 
  4, 
  1875. 
  

  

  Remarks 
  on 
  Professor 
  Wyville 
  Thomson's 
  Preliminary 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Nature 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sea-bottom 
  procured 
  by 
  the 
  Soundings 
  of 
  H.M.S. 
  1 
  Challenger.' 
  

   By 
  William 
  B. 
  Carpenter, 
  M.D., 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S 
  234 
  

  

  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Hydrographer 
  of 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  on 
  the 
  Cruise 
  of 
  H.M.S. 
  

   ' 
  Challenger 
  ' 
  from 
  Julv 
  to 
  November 
  1874. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Wyville 
  Thomson, 
  

   F.R.S., 
  Director 
  of 
  the" 
  Civilian 
  Scientific 
  Staff 
  on 
  Board 
  245 
  

  

  February 
  11, 
  1875. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Structure 
  and 
  Development 
  of 
  Myriothela. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  Allman, 
  F.R.S. 
  250 
  

  

  Some 
  Particulars 
  of 
  the 
  Transit 
  of 
  Venus 
  across 
  the 
  Sim, 
  December 
  9, 
  1874, 
  

   observed 
  on 
  the 
  Himalaya 
  Mountains, 
  Mussoorie, 
  at 
  Mary- 
  Villa 
  Station, 
  

   Lat. 
  30° 
  28' 
  N., 
  Long. 
  78° 
  3' 
  E., 
  Height 
  above 
  Sea 
  6765 
  feet.— 
  Note 
  

   No. 
  I. 
  By 
  J. 
  B. 
  N. 
  Hennessey, 
  F.R.A.S 
  254 
  

  

  Appendix 
  to 
  Note, 
  dated 
  November 
  1873, 
  on 
  White 
  Lines 
  in 
  the 
  Solar 
  

   Spectrum. 
  By 
  J. 
  B. 
  N. 
  Hennessey, 
  F.R.A.S 
  259 
  

  

  February 
  18, 
  1875. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Number 
  of 
  Figures 
  in 
  the 
  Reciprocal 
  of 
  each 
  Prime 
  Number 
  between 
  

   30,000 
  and 
  40,000. 
  By 
  William 
  Shanks 
  260 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Nature 
  and 
  Physiological 
  Action 
  of 
  the 
  Crotalus-^oison 
  as 
  compared 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  Naja 
  tripudians 
  and 
  other 
  Indian 
  Venomous 
  Snakes 
  ; 
  also 
  

   Investigations 
  into 
  the 
  Nature 
  of 
  the 
  Influence 
  of 
  Naja- 
  and 
  Crotahis- 
  

   poison 
  on 
  Ciliary 
  and 
  Amoeboid 
  Action 
  and 
  on 
  Vallisneria, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   Influence 
  of 
  Inspiration 
  of 
  Pure 
  Oxygen 
  on 
  Poisoned 
  Animals. 
  By 
  

   T. 
  Lauder 
  Brunton, 
  M.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  Sc.D., 
  M.R.C.P., 
  and 
  J. 
  Fayrer, 
  C.S.I., 
  

   M.D., 
  F.R.C.P. 
  Lond., 
  F.R.S.E., 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Medical 
  Board 
  at 
  the 
  

   India 
  Oflice 
  261 
  

  

  